entreprise

English

Noun

entreprise (plural entreprises)

1. Archaic form of enterprise.

Anagrams

• Enterprise, enterprise

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French

Etymology

Feminine past participle of entreprendre (undertake).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.tʁə.pʁiz/

• Audio (CAN):

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Noun

entreprise f (plural entreprises)

1. company, business
2. enterprise, project
   • 1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche‎^{fr.Wikisource}, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter II:

     Mais à peine se vit-il en chemin qu’une pensée terrible l’assaillit, et telle, que peu s’en fallut qu’elle ne lui fît abandonner l’entreprise commencée.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

     But scarcely did he see himself on the road when a terrible thought assaulted him, and such that little was missing to make him abandon the enterprise he had started.

Synonyms

• société

Related terms

• entrepreneur

Further reading

• “entreprise”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Middle French

Noun

entreprise f (plural entreprises)

1. Alternative form of entreprinse